Religion, Spirituality, and the Refugee Experience in Melbourne, Australia, 1990s-2010

Susan Ennis has coordinated and taught English language programs to newly arrived adult refugees/immigrants in Melbourne, Australia for over thirty years. She has also taught in Turkey, China (during the Tiananmen Square incident), and Cambodia (during the UN mandate).

• 1.Introduction 2.Refugees, Religion, and their Home Country Context3.Refugees' Religiosity in Asylum and Australia 4.Religious Ritual and the Refugee Experience5.Refugees and their Religious Frameworks6.Shifts in Religiosity During the Refugee Experience7.Patterns in Refugees' Interaction with the 'Other'8.ConclusionBibliography